From ad1849353e7be8162787fe070eef12e04705d8ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armon Dadgar <armon.dadgar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 00:41:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nomad: adding basic RPC interfaces

---
 nomad/structs/structs.go | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 33bac4f6c..cfdc3958a 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ package structs
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/codec"
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrNoLeader     = fmt.Errorf("No cluster leader")
+	ErrNoRegionPath = fmt.Errorf("No path to region")
+)
+
 type MessageType uint8
 
 const (
@@ -21,6 +28,69 @@ const (
 	IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag MessageType = 128
 )
 
+// RPCInfo is used to describe common information about query
+type RPCInfo interface {
+	RequestRegion() string
+	IsRead() bool
+	AllowStaleRead() bool
+}
+
+// QueryOptions is used to specify various flags for read queries
+type QueryOptions struct {
+	// The target region for this query
+	Region string
+
+	// If set, any follower can service the request. Results
+	// may be arbitrarily stale.
+	AllowStale bool
+}
+
+func (q QueryOptions) RequestRegion() string {
+	return q.Region
+}
+
+// QueryOption only applies to reads, so always true
+func (q QueryOptions) IsRead() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (q QueryOptions) AllowStaleRead() bool {
+	return q.AllowStale
+}
+
+type WriteRequest struct {
+	Region string
+}
+
+func (w WriteRequest) RequestRegion() string {
+	// The target region for this request
+	return w.Region
+}
+
+// WriteRequest only applies to writes, always false
+func (w WriteRequest) IsRead() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func (w WriteRequest) AllowStaleRead() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// QueryMeta allows a query response to include potentially
+// useful metadata about a query
+type QueryMeta struct {
+	// This is the index associated with the read
+	Index uint64
+
+	// If AllowStale is used, this is time elapsed since
+	// last contact between the follower and leader. This
+	// can be used to gauge staleness.
+	LastContact time.Duration
+
+	// Used to indicate if there is a known leader node
+	KnownLeader bool
+}
+
 // msgpackHandle is a shared handle for encoding/decoding of structs
 var msgpackHandle = &codec.MsgpackHandle{}